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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
whisk    Audio Help   [hwisk, wisk] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
2.to sweep (dust, crumbs, etc., or a surface) with a whisk broom, brush, or the like.
3.to draw, snatch, carry, etc., lightly and rapidly: He whisked the money into his pocket.
4.to whip (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with a whisk or beating instrument.
–verb (used without object)
5.to sweep, pass, or go lightly and rapidly.
–noun
6.an act of whisking.
7.a rapid, sweeping stroke; light, rapid movement.
8.whisk broom.
9.a small bunch of grass, straw, hair, or the like, esp. for use in brushing.
10.an implement, usually a bunch of wire loops held together in a handle, for beating or whipping eggs, cream, etc.
[Origin: 1325–75; (n.) ME (Scots) wysk rapid sweeping movement; (v.) earlier Scots wisk, quhisk < Scand; cf. ON, Norw visk wisp, Sw viska besom, wisp, to whisk (off), Dan viske to wipe (cf. OHG wisken to wipe, wisc wisp of hay); for development of wh cf. whip]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  whisk
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  barrel, fly, hasten, hurry, motion, race, rush, scoot, speed, sweep, whip, zip
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  beat
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency.
Synonyms:  whip
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  rush
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To move swiftly.
Synonyms:  bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whiz, wing, zip, zoom
Idioms:  get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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